UPDATE: Dec. 8, 2020, 2:53 p.m. PST The Starship test flight was aborted after an attempted lift-off around 4:30 p.m. CT Tuesday.
Raptor auto-abort at T-1 second
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) December 8, 2020
Immediately after the countdown, the flight was called off. “Raptor abort, standing down for the day,” SpaceX posted on the livestream. A few minutes later SpaceX posted to follow its Twitter account for any news about the next flight opportunity.
SpaceX is set to launch its latest prototype of the Starship rocket to the “edge of space” (which is actually just 8 miles up and probably better described as high altitude) from a Texas test facility this week. And it’s putting the takeoff online. Read more…
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